The rugby-loving principal who changed lives (via ST iPhone App)

By Lin Zhaowei Journalist [email protected] "I may never have completed my education if not for her." That was the similar reply from two people I met on Friday afternoon, when I visited the wake of Mrs Priscilla Krempl, principal of St Andrew's Secondary from 1996 to 2001 and Bedok Town Secondary from 2002 to 2007. She died on Thursday morning at the age of 66, after she was hit by a stroke and admitted to hospital. She was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer just four weeks ago. ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN Mrs Krempl was perhaps best known as Singapore's first qualified female rugby referee. She also coached St Andrew's national title-winning sides in the 1970s and 1980s. It was a quiet Friday afternoon when I arrived at St Joseph's Church, where the wake was held. Most people hadn't knocked off from work yet. Allied educator Shamir Muhammad, 27, was one of the few people w...